I told him, in true Monty Python style, that, when it comes to losing league titles, you kids today don’t know what heartache is; that Liverpool’s problem for 25 years has been not going into enough final games of the season, knowing the title was still in their hands and then blowing it.

THAT is heartache.

It’s 1972, when a John Toshack goal was disallowed at Highbury, giving the title to Derby.

It’s 1989, and Michael Thomas stealing it for Arsenal at Anfield.

On both occasions, those Liverpool sides went on to be champions the following year. Because heartache focuses the mind on not wanting to feel it again.